Pretty please could I have it too? My son taught himself to read using Calvin & I've crocheted him a Hobbes. I would LOVE to see what you've done. I'll cheer you along too... :hurray::hurray::hurray::hurray::hurray::hurray::hurray: Go, go, go.... :)

I showed my son how to convert the temperature in Fahrenheit to Celsius today by deriving the formula. He found it incredibly cool. 46.2C here today. I'm staying indoors.

I've got you beat. I once taught a college algebra class that was dual enrollment so most of my students were high school students taking the class on campus during school time. 15 students. Final course grades were 3Fs and 12 W's. I'd tell them they'd have a quiz the next class when I'd ask them to state the quadratic formula and then derive it. They came in not even having memorized the formula. It was my most miserable teaching experience. It's great that you're at a supportive school. Have a drink with dinner :001_smile: And advice I've gotten on CHE forums is, "You can't care more than they do," and "You are just recording the results of their choices." You've got a group making poor choices. That's on them.

:grouphug: It stinks. Hold the line though if your college lets you. We do these students no favors by saying deadlines aren't deadlines. You can lead the horse to water.... On the plus side, grading will be easy :001_huh: Frustrating.

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I like cuisinare rods, but I am very glad to have a base 10 set. I got the set that's all blue and goes to 1000. Then I bought extra ones and tens in red so we could represent negatives :) I prefer having just the two colors...and the set of algebra tiles I have uses red for negatives, so it keeps things consistent.

Amazing Maurice and his educated rodents It's pretty stand alone. Then there are the Tiffany Aching books, starting with Wee Free Men. I adore Pratchett.

:grouphug: They're baby teeth and it was an accident. You also got him in right away. Well done.

We have a first gen iPad that's wifi only and I use it quite a lot. We play games, listen to music, watch Netflix, and I surf a lot. I like the size more than the fire. I don't like the nook but don't have any good reasons. Large memory is probably the biggest need.

We had that happen with ants.

My son today spelled "pearl" correctly on the sentence dictation and misspelled it on the words. In the words, he misspelled the "graph" portion of "photograph" but spelled "graph" correctly on its own. Sigh. I have him rewrite the words he misspells, saying the letters aloud and then the word once it's done. We aren't "done" with a step even when we move on. Any words he struggled with, I write in the margin of the next lesson or a couple lessons further out to be sure I review. For something like your "kisses", I'd have him then go to the spelling board with the magnets and spell it using the rules. Then I'd have him rewrite it on paper. Then I'd toss it at him again the next day or the following day to see if it was retained. I'll do some review every day ( one of: key cards, phonograms, sound), then teaching or writing words. We generally do at least a couple of sentences every day. I may be doing teaching from one step and still having a few words or sentences I want to review from a prior step before letting him check it off on the progress sheet (like today). I do see significant progress with my son since switching to AAS from SWO, but he still makes boneheaded errors. I'm working on getting him to LOOK at what he writes before handing it in, but we're also dealing with some focus issues. :glare:

You likely won't be able to sell it. The custom texts are sometimes done because it fits the course better. Other times they are cheaper than a traditional text...in some cases by $100. I'm not pleased overall with custom texts, but a department generally does have a reason for using them. But it does make them non resell able.

While waiting for people with more experience to reply, do a search on the boards. There has been a lot of discussion on ways to do speech at home and some books have been recommended. Our library had some of them. I finally got my son in for an assessment in April. We are in a state where homeschoolers get speech through the district. I've seen a large improvement in only 3 sessions past the assessment. I watched the sessions so I know what to say regarding tongue position with my son. He's also pretty motivated and is listening to me when I correct him. I'd tried working with him on my own but just wasn't able to get through to him or have enough patience to work with him. I'm really glad I took him in. I don't know how it would have been if it were out of pocket though. Would insurance cover any of it? With my son, it's the r-blends and final l sounds. We're off for the summer, starting up again with speech in September. I imagine he'll be done by Christmas... but we'll see.

I did a lot of research before having my son tested with the WISC-IV. The biggest thing I got from the research was that you want to test if/when you have a question you want answered. Private testing does get expensive. If you just want standardized testing practice, the CAT, TerraNova, or ITBS can give good information either on level or out of level. The CogAT is used as a screener for gifted programs at some schools, so that was also interesting. There are also the talent searches that give out-of-level tests. We used the SCAT with Johns Hopkins in 2nd grade and the Explore with NUMATS in 4th. It was due to the Explore results that we followed up with a psychologist for the WISC. So first you want to figure out what you want to learn because that'll affect what test you want to give.

Someone tagged the thread. Look at the bottom of the page and click on grade level. You'll be able to read similar discussions. I'd recommend registering as K and then working at her level. Later you can skip a grade if needed. Welcome to the boards!

There's lots of discussion (sticky at top of page) in the Logic Board. The K8 writing workshop has a number of posts of writing assignments kids have done from WWS.

I've used Educational Fontware (2nd link in nansk's post).

It's definitely worth investigating dyscalculia. A couple of other ideas... try what sounds good & ignore rest... I like base 10 blocks over most manipulatives for basic arithmetic. When getting started, REQUIRE the child to show the problem with the manipulatives and THEN write the answer. With 14-5, have 14 blocks and have them take 5 away, count the remainder, then write the answer. It WILL be frustratingly slow at first, but with time and practice, speed will come (unless there's some other issue). Don't do a large worksheet. Go based on time. Maybe 30 min and when done, stop. You don't want to have rehearsal of incorrect procedures or starting with wild guesses. The base 10 blocks do a good job of showing place value and why the traditional algorithms are what we use. For 276 + 48 (changing problem for carrying): have her set up 2 hundreds, 7 tens, 6 ones at one location, then 4 tens and 8 ones in another location. Then put them together. Discuss the need for regrouping and why you'd start with the ones first. Work the problem with the blocks to get the answer & write it down. Then rework the problem with the blocks while writing each step with the standard algorithm. Get addition pretty solid before doing subtraction. It may take a week of only doing addition problems (and maybe only managing 10 problems in a half hour) before you can move on to subtraction. We did this when my son was learning the division algorithm. It was frustrating to me to take a day and only get 3 problems done with the blocks, but he did get the hang of it & using the blocks did give a much better understanding of what the algorithm is doing and why.

:grouphug: Allergies stink. But...you know more now and should be able to make changes. :grouphug:

:party: Glad you're feeling better!

I used this book as my first crochet project. I learned enough stitches that I am able to follow most patterns. Still have trouble with thread crochet. I've made a number of afghans and baby blankets. I've also started dishcloths. They work really well, but I did have to do enough larger projects that I was willing to have a project get used up. I've also done a stuffed tiger for my son. Adapted an amigurumi pattern. I did cross stitch for a number of years but just kept ending up with wall hangings. Crochet gives me things that are more useful.

PurpleMath has some good explanations. Solving Word Problems is towards the bottom. I recommend an intermediate stage with words instead of variables, then moving to the variables - generally even if it's a problem that uses a chart (like a motion problem). For instance (making up problem here so numbers may be really off...) John has 20 more cookies than Susan. Together they have 180 cookies. How many does Susan have? I'd suggest the first step be to write: (John) + (Susan) = 180 We also know that (John) = (Susan) + 20 Try using some numbers first to be sure you've got the addition correct... (If John has50 cookies, Susan will have.... If Susan has 40 cookies, John will have...) We also could have said (Susan) = John - 20 List what you're looking for.... (When are you done with the problem???) Here our answer should be: "Susan has _____ cookies." Now, stop looking at the problem and ONLY look at what you've copied from it... assign variables as needed: (John) + (Susan) = 180 (Susan + 20) + (Susan) = 180 Makes solving it MUCH easier. THis works with almost all types of word problems and really does help with checking work too.

I'm fine with it. I've got a lot more problem with the violence in movies. Nudity in art... no problem. (Gratuitous nudity in movies would be an issue.)

My son has moved down the growth charts for both height and weight. He has a number of food allergies. We had bloodwork done (checked different levels including for celiac) and all was fine. We're just trying to snack more for him :) :grouphug: while you wait.

Hope today goes well. Listen to your gut. Good luck and enjoy your vacation. :grouphug: